Helloween

To support the release of Conquer & Command, Silent Knight will be hitting the road in October for a run of dates around the country which will see them headline the Daimonous Open Air Festival in Bali, Indonesia and play main support in their hometown of Perth for German power metal legends, Helloween.

The fiery riffs and solos backed by the relentless thumping of the double kick drums and the soaring vocals ensure a glorious night of headbanging, sing alongs and circle pits. A Helloween gig is a party like no other. The legions of fans are sure to come out in numbers and this is one gig that will stay in your memory for a long, long time – be sure not to miss this one!

With their fourteenth studio album released in late January, Helloween remain one of the founding forces behind power metal almost thirty years into their career. Drummer since 2005, Dani Löble sat down with us in the abandoned business centre on board 70000tons of Metal to give an insight into their impact on the genre.

The nature of 70000tons of Metal means that you never know when you’ll run into a

It was the odd intervention of the metal gods with technology while talking to Michael Weikath, the founding guitarist and one of the fellow "fathers of power metal," Helloween. Talking from his home in Tenerife, Spain, he sat down for a few cups of coffee and a very long conversation with Metal as Fuck.

Helloween according to many fans, journalists and associated hangers on are the “founders” of power metal as we know it.